Isolation units to be reviewed after report of children 'forced to urinate on floor'

Health chiefs have been ordered to review the use of isolation units for troubled teenagers in light of a damning inspection of a care home.

Children’s minister James Reilly said the use of “single separation” should be consistent, safe and accountable after youngsters at Ballydowd Special Care Unit in Dublin were forced to urinate on the floor or denied a shower after being locked up and refused access to bathrooms.